Reports of Cases

2010 II-00141*

Pub somm

Subject-matter

Partial annulment of Commission Decision C (2008) 3178 final of 2 July 2008 declaring part of the aid which Germany intends to grant to DHL, in the form of subsidies for a training project concerning certain jobs at its new delivery and air freight centre at Leipzig/Halle airport, to be incompatible with the common market (C 18/2007 (ex N 874/2006))

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87 -P3 : paragraphs 36, 39, 46, 129 - 130, 133
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87 -P3LC : paragraphs 49, 52, 54 - 55, 145 - 146
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 -P3 : paragraphs 35 - 36
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 253 : paragraphs 143 - 144
• Regulation 994/98 : paragraph 35
• Regulation 68/2001 : paragraphs 35 - 59, 78, 118, 134
• Regulation 68/2001 -A03P1 : paragraphs 36, 38
• Regulation 68/2001 -A04 : paragraph 126
• Regulation 68/2001 -A05 : paragraphs 37 - 39
• Decision 2008/878 -A01P1 : paragraphs 35 - 155
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -310/85 : paragraph 47
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -142/87 : paragraph 42
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -294/90 : paragraph 107
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -400/92 : paragraph 47
• General Court - Judgment T -244/93 : paragraph 107
• General Court - Judgment T -371/94 : paragraph 130
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/94 : paragraph 42
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -64/95 : paragraph 53
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -156/98 : paragraph 48
• General Court - Judgment T -187/99 : paragraph 46
• General Court - Judgment T -222/99 : paragraph 57
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -57/00 : paragraphs 54, 143
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -280/00 : paragraph 39
• General Court - Judgment T -198/01 : paragraph 42
• General Court - Judgment T -171/02 : paragraph 54
• General Court - Judgment T -217/02 : paragraph 97
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -110/03 : paragraph 54
• General Court - Judgment T -95/06 : paragraph 53
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -390/06 : paragraph 47
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -295/07 : paragraph 144

Operative part

• Confirms : Decision 2008/878 -A01P1

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 15/09/2008

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

08/07/2010

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 327 from 20.12.2008, p.30

Judgment: OJ C 234 from 28.08.2010, p.33

Name of the parties

Freistaat Sachsen and Land Sachsen-Anhalt v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Idot, Laurence: Aides à la formation, Europe 2010 Octobre nº 10 Comm. p.30
2. Stromsky, Bruno: Le Tribunal confirme qu'une aide qui n'est pas nécessaire pour atteindre un objetctif d'intérêt commun (en l'occurrence la formation des employés) n'est pas compatible avec le marché commun, Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2010 nº4 p.178-180
3. Winkelhüsener, Beate ; Schmitz, Jan-Volkert: Von der Automobilindustrie zur Luftfracht: Strenge Prüfung der Erforderlichkeit von Ausildungsbeihilfen durch die Kommission vom EuG als rechtmässig erkannt, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2010 nº 23 p.897-899
4. Haegler, Urs: Annotation on Case T-396/08, Freistaat Sachsen and Land Sachsen-Anhalt v Commission, European State Aid Law Quarterly 2011 Vol. 10 Nº 2 p.369-374

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

• Competition
  
• - State aid
  

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

• Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds
  

Formation of the Court

huitième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Papasavvas

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

• German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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